Filing-cabinet.



G. JACOBS.

FILING CABINET. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, 1907.

Patented May 25, 1909.

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G. JACOBS.

FILING GABINET. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, 1907.

Patented May 25, 1909.

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G. JAGOBS. HLINQ CABINET, APPLICATION FILED nov..1s,1901.

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G. JACOBS.

FILING CABINET.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 18, 1907.

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FILING-CABINET.

.Speeification of Letters Patent. Application 'filed November 18, 1907. Serial No. $02,585.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE JACOBS, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Alliance, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Filing- Cabinet, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a filing cabinet for bills of sales or accounts, as of a retail merchant, and more particularly to that class of cabinets containing aserics of leaves located face to face in u right echelon so that the upper ed e of each eaf is exposed above the edge of the leaf in front of it, the leaves being hinged or pivoted and adapted to be folded forward for the pur ose of exposin r and giving access to the si es of the severe v leaves.

A primary obj act of the improvement is to provide means for individually and collectively connecting the leaves by gearings so that when folded forward they are neatly nested or collocated in a prone position within a space substantially e ual to the area of one leaf and the combine depth of all the leaves, and in this relation can be readily removed from the ordinary case and inserted in a safe or vault for security without consuming undue space therein.

A further object of the improvement is to provide means for automatically moving the uprightly disposed leaves forward and backward at the same time the leaves in front of them are lowered and raised, so that the forward one of the uprightly disposed leaves always occupies substantially the same vertical plane and is therefore conveniently accessi- Is for inserting and removing bills at the same distance from the forward side of the.

cabinet.

Another object of the improvement is to rovide means for countenbalancing the eaves individually so that when one or more leaves are started upward from the prone position they are automatically thrown to and then remain in the upright position.

A further feature of the invention relates to the construction of the res ective. leaves whereby they are substantially made of a piece of sheet metal placed between suitable frames on each side, which frames serve to properly stiffen the leaf and to divide it into a series of recessedcom' artments; i

. These objects 0t er minor ones are Eatented May 25, 3.90%).

attained by the construction, mechanism. and arrangement illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which: s

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the lile cabinet containing a small number of leaves with one side of the case removed and having one leaf folded down and also partly broken away to expose a portion of the index; Fig. 2, a vertical section showing the arrangement of the leaves and some details of the bearing blocks; Fig. 3, an inner-side elevation of the series of bearing blocks as arranged obliquely for the normal upright position. of the leaves, with. some parts in section to show interior details; Fig. 4, an inner-side elevation of the bearing blocks as assembled in a vertical tier for the folded down prone position of the leaves, with some parts in section to show interior details; Fig. 5, a section on line 5-5, Fig. 4; Fig. 6, a section on line 6-6, Fig. 5; Fig. 7, an inside-forward pers cctive view of the bottom, intermediate an the top hear ing blocks separated from their normal as semble'd position; Fig. 8, an inside rearward perspective view of the same blocks simi arly separated; Fig. 9, a longitudinal ver tical section of one intermediate bearing block; Fig. 10, a fragmentary perspective view showing detailsof the leaf, sheet and framein a detached relation; Fig. 11, a vertical section of one leaf; Fig. 12, a erspective view of the leaves and hearing b ocks removed from the case and showing the leaves folded down in a prone osition for storing in a safe; Fig. 13, a side e evation of a cabinet containing a larger number of leaves, all in normal u right position, and having the near side of t e case and the adjacent bearing blocks removed; and Fig. 14, a similar view showing the greater number of the leaves folded downward to expose one of the rearward leaves.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The cabinet comprises the case 1, the bearing blocks 2, 2* and. 2", and the leaves 3. The case may be of any suitable form and construction and as shown is composed merely of the bottom 4, the bar-1: 5 and the sides? 6, leaving the front and top open to afford a ready access to and operation of the leaves.

, One set of bearing? blocks is located parallel with a flr c eatoath her. .on i'ceat.

inner end corner of the leaves, and the bot,- tor'n' blocks 2 are securely fastened as by means of rivet-s7 to the base plate 8, on which is preferably provided the index 9. The base plate and'the bearing blocks thereon constitute a frame in which the leaves are mounted; and this frame is adapted to be detaclrably secured in the case by seating the base plate on the bottom of the case with the pins or posts 10 therein rotruded through the apertures 11in the ass plate.

Each bottom block 2 and intermediate block is provided with the upwardinward. L flange l2, and eachv intermediate block 2 and each. top block 2 is provided with the downward-outward L flange 13 which is adapted to inter-engage with the corresponding flange 12 of the block immediately below, so that all the blocks while being securely held together are adapted to slide endwise'one upon the other. The journal bearings 14 are provided on the inner sides of the blocks, in which' bearings the pivot pins 15 located on the inner-end corners. of the leaves are adaptedto be insertcd and to operate; and the short rack-sections 16 are also )rovided on the inner sides of each interme iate and top block, in which racks the pinion-wheel sections 17, located on the sides of the leaves concentric with the pivot pin. are adapted to mesh and to operate. By means of this mechanism it is evident that when.

one leaf is rotated upward on its pivots, the bearing block next above with all. the superimposed bloc-ks will be moved backward at the same time, and the gearing is so proportioned that the longitudinal 1novement of each block caused by the rotation of its actuating leaf fronrits prone to its upright position, is approximately equal to the interval occupied by one leaf which is preferably the same as the projection of one upright leaf abo e another. The parts are so proportioned and arranged that when the leaves are all folded downward in a prone position, the leaves will be collocated. in a rectangular pack and in close contact with each othe and the bearing blocks will.

allbe arrange in vertical. tier, as shown in Fig. 12; an... it a. evident that when the leaves are raised to their upright position the blocks will slide one upon anothc'r so that the plane of the pivots of the respective leaves will incline upward and backward at an angle of approximately forty-live degrees, and that the leaves will be cont pactively collocated in an. upright echelon, as shown in Fig. 1.

The spiral springs 1-8 are located in the longitudinal bores l i'ornied in the interengaging flanges of the respective blocks, and these spr ngsare at all times held in compression between the plates 20 fastened and the shoulder 21 formed in the flange of each respective upper block, and by extending the bore in the corresponding flange-of" the lower block beyond the shoulder 21 in the flange of the up er block, it is evident that the energy of t e spring is exerted to force the upper block backward. The strength of t espring is so proportioned that when the actuating leaf of each block is folded forward and downward to its prone position, the increased leverage caused by the weight of the free end of the leaf will slightly more than counterbalance the energy of the spring; but that when the leaf has been started upward and backward from its prone position, the gradually lesse ened leverage caused by the approach of theiree end of on leaf toward its upright position will soon permit the energy of the spring to first counter-balance and then. to overbalance the relatively lessened weight of the leaf, with the effect that the spring will then throw the leaf to its upright position and hold it there until it is forcefully folded forward. 1

It is evident that two or more leaves can be rotated downward and upward in the same manner as described for a single leaf and, although acting in unison, each leaf Wlll independently operate the bearin blocks of the upper leaves in the manner describedfor a single leaf, and that by reasonof each leaf ,being individually counter-balanced, the fric tion between the leaves in such joint movement will be eliminzd-ed, or reduced to a min mum, Reierringto Figs. 13 and 14, it is furthermore evident that the upright leaf which is eX osed will always stand in the same vertical p ane with respect to the case, irrespective of the number otleaves used, for the reason'that the rotation 'of eaclrleal: lrom its upright to its prone position. auto1natic- 1 ally moves each superimposed bearing block forward a distance equal to the interval of one upright leaf.- For the purpose of sustaining the bearing blocks and of preventing another, the rollers 22 are preferably mo unted on the rear part of the top blocks, which rollers are adapted to travel on the horizontal ways 23 formed or attached on the inner walls of the sides of the'case, but these rollers are not essential'when a comparat lvely small number of leaves are used. The topbearing blocks 2" are provided. with the stop-pins 24-. against which the uppermost leaf is adaptod. to rest when in its upright position;

any binding in the sliding of one block on Eachleaffi is )i'efcrablvmadeol'theshcctmetal body 25 fastened between the n-cl'cr ably'onepicce "metallic iramcs onv each side, which frames are composed. of the main or [axial bars 2b and 26 located along the inner edges of the leaves, and the ribs 27 which extend laterally from the axial bars outward on each face of the sheet-hody, thus forming the lost with o series of recessed compartments in each face. The sheet and the frames of each leaf are rigid]; clamped and secured together as by means of the rivets 28 and when so clamped together constitute a substantial and comparatively inflexible leaf Whieh is not liable to hood or twist in use. The pivot pins 1:3 and the cog wheel sections 17 are preferably formed on the end of the axial bar 26, which for that purpose is provided with the lugs 29 adapted to -lit into the recesses 36 and 31 in the corners of the sheet-body and of the op iosing frame. The spring clips 3'2 are provided in the recessed compartments, behind which clips the. hills which are to be filed are adapted to he received and retained, and it is desirable to fasten plates as 32 on the free edges of the leaves which plates carry the nunihers referred to in the index covering the series of hills which are liled in the port-irular leaves. .lt will he understood that the scope ol the invention is not limited to the use of the leaves for the purpose of filing bills as herein described, and also that while the use of the eonnterhahrneing springs is desirable .l'or the purposes set forth they are not essential for the proper operation of the other features ol the invention.

The improvements in filing ('ahinets which are illustrated and described hut not broadly claimed herein, are made the suh'eot-inatter of generic claims in a prior applicatioih for Letters Patent, lil'od August 17, 1907, Serial What l claim es'my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-- 1. A rase having: ti'aolewayson its sides,

n dcti'whithlo {rh no in the base including 0ppositrly-lor'atol| spring-controllod parallel tiers of (.ndwiso-sli:iahlo liloeks having journal-lwnrings and rarh-sertions on their inner sides, and rollers on the top i-lurhs adapted to travel on the trzrrle-waffs; and a series of leaves having pivot-pins on the inner-end Corners athrptod to operate in rrspoolivo block-hearings, and vonvontrie lllillOllflYllLtl sections adn ilod lo opvralo in tho molt-- sections of ill joininglilochs.

2. A. frame inoluding oppositPly-located s ring-r ntrolled parallel tiers of ondwises idahlo hlorlcs having joidual-hearings and rack-sections on their inner sides, and a series of loaves'haring pirot-pius on the inner-end corners adapted to operate in respective lilooh-bearings and eonrentrio pinionarhoel sections adapted to operate in the rook-sootions of adjoining hloi-hs.

13. A frame including oipositoly hmated arall'el tiers otondn'ise-sliv aiilr iilor-lrs how mg jourural-hearings and meli-sortions on. their inner sides, and a series of 'ieevos ln i'ing parallehtiers oi ondn'iso-sii p1vot -pms- -on their inner-end eoruo adapted l liloelgsandnn nter-w to-ope'gllite in respeotivo liloeloh arings andlt'a coneentrie cog-pinion 4 opted operatojn the rarlt-see 1g hi chs. i

4-. A frame including tier slidalile blocls having journa raclt-seetions thereon, and :1. sex having pivotpins thereon or in pi'ioii in respective dosh-hearings, and eone cog-pinion seetions adapted to operate or. L moleseotions of adjoining hioeics.

5. A frame inoludins' oipi holy-locate.l 'paralle-Ltiers of ondn"iswslirlniile into ing blocks, an l1] l1( %l'\'( 1il.ll of l spoetivol v pivoted to tho hloolzs a gearing oonnortions with adjoini "whereby the same are mow-i endu' tho loavos are rotated on their pivots, and controlling springs l eln'ooii lho iiiooid ti. A frame inr'loding' r pposiielg loonte i parallel-tiers oi' ondnise sliilahio interest ing hloehs, and an intervening sorio loaves rospi-rliroly pivoted to the hioot. having gearing connections with adjoin lil tiih where n the some mov d. ondwise vii-on the leaves are roiotod o1 if? pivi in) T A frame iiielinling opposn. .l Y lhoatod parsilel-tiors ol' (-llliWlHL slidalilo i'ilor' is, an intervening series of loaves rospoi-ti pirotod to [ho hioehs, and rail; and pinion gear ings runner-ting the leaves with ndjoining l/loehs whereby the some are moved endwiso when the loaves are rotat d n their pivots.

8. A l'rnino llllllllllll t; a lior oi ondwiseslidohlo iniorongn ging hlorlas, series of leaves respectively pivoted t the lil riis and l having gearingr-onnrwtions with adioinin' liloehs whorohv the som are lH'iX'll min when the leaves are ruintod on their pivots, and controlling spring hotel er the lilorlts.

9. A l lilllw lll 'llliilillg a tier of ondh slidalil intorcngnging hh oll an a sea-it liuros resporliroly pivoted lo'i 'hrhi: having, gearing Winn-(lions with r lilorhswhoioh the some are muyrrl or 3' when the hnfw'r; are l llillv'l on their i 10. A i'ranio iiu-lrnlin g a tier of slidal lo lllUtlUi, a series of iii-iii pir tod to the blows, and Ezu" L{(nll11fj-5 w nnecting the leaves with adjoi'r hlool-zs whereby the some are moved ondirise when the loaves are rotated on tin r pivots.

11. A frame inrlnding (wipe -i parallel -tiers of on:lwiso-slioal io ingh'loelrs, an intervening series or. l'Ulidti-Rr lilo loaves resportively oonnerts i W h the blocks, the leaves being; norinaiy 2v rightly in echelon and nil-on fr m; a prone position each his to move the suporimposml hid: in the same direction the intrrvoi o and controlling sprin .,s lwinr ii. A frame inrludin y opt .llti

filo '"loaves r'espeetiiel ntly in echelon end when rotated to and im a prone position each leai being adapted in the same direction the interval of one loaf.

A. frame including a tier of cndwisw slideble intcrengeging blocks and series of I rotatable leaves respectively connected with i the blocks, the leaves being normally located I uprightly in echelon and when rotated to and from a prone position each leaf being adapted j to move the supcrimposml biocks and leaves in the same direction the interval of one leaf, and controlling springs between the blocks.

1 1. A. frame including a tier of cndwiso- .lllfiiljlfi interengaging blocks and a. series of rotatzible leaves respeetiveb connected with the clocks, the leaves being normally located uprigliztly in echelon and when rotated to and from a. prone position. each leaf being adapt ed move the superimposed blocks and leaves in the same direction the interval of one leaf,

1;"). A series of leaves located face to face, a tier of sprin -eontrolled cndwise-slidable inter-engaging b oaks respectively pivoted to corresponding end corners of the leaves, and gearing connections between the leaves and adjoining blocks whereby the leaves are adapted to be collocated either in echelon or in a reete; gular pack.

A series of leaves located face to face, a tier of endwise slidable inter-engaging blocks respectivelypivoted to corresponding end corners of thedea-ves, and gearing connections between the leaves and adjoining blocks whereby the leaves are adapted to be to move the superimposed blocks and leaves 1 blocks respectively pivoted to corresponding and a wav I tamed.

blocks, the leaves being normally located upcollooated either in echelon or in a rectangular pack.

1.7. A series of leaves located lace tolace, a tier of endw1se shdable 'inte rengaging end corners of the leaves; and rack and pin ion connections between the leaves and adoining blocks whereby the leaves are adepted to be collocated either in echelon or in a rectan 'ular pack.

18. A cabinet including a series of rotatable leaves normally located uprightly in echelon with gearing connections whereby a rotation of the leaves to a prone position eollocates them in a rectangular pack and vice versa, and ways on which the top-leaf gearings are sustained. I

19. A frame including oppositely located paiallel tiers of endwise-slidable i'ntercngag- 111g blocks, an intervening series of leaves re- SDGCtIVGlY pivoted to the blocks and having gearing connections with adjoining blocks whereby the sameare moved endwise when the leaves are rotated on their pivots, and

ways on which the top blocks are sustained. 20. A frame lneludln r a tier of endw1scshdable'intereugaglng b oaks and a series of leavesrespectively pivoted to the blocks and having gearing connections with adjoining blocks whereby the same are moved end wise when the leaves are rotated on their pivots,

GEORGE JAUQBS. Witnesses? JOSEPH. FREAsE, HARRY FREASE.

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